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1/144 PAKETA (PAS Models, Resin) - take two


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Have you ever browsed through the vaults and bumped into a box wondering "what is inside"? 
Last Friday I was doing exactly that and found about 70% complete gem started almost 10 years ago and abandoned because of lost screw 
 

Alas, the pics from the build are no longer available. 
First thing, I scratchbuilt and painted the missing screw 


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and then some railings

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All of a sudden, this build is in full swing again. Chances are that this time it will be competed. 

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Nice! 👍

 

I missed when you started this in the old thread, but looking forward to see it being completed now.

 

I actually have both this kit and the "METEOP", I bought them both directly from PAS when they were released, impossible to resist. It seems such long time ago now...

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13 minutes ago, Bengalensis said:

I actually have both this kit and the "METEOP", I bought them both directly from PAS when they were released, impossible to resist. It seems such long time ago now...

I have METEOP as well, much more sophisticated kit. 

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Good afternoon, Alexey.

It's probably better to write Raketa, not Paketa. Probably a typo.

 

It will be an interesting project! 👍

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18 hours ago, TonyW said:

but what a beautiful shape it is

Totally agree, but to me it is not 30-ies but 60-ies, Space Age vibe reflected in the name, "Ракета" means "Rocket". Alhough I was not yet born and by 2024 we were supposed to colonize Solar System .....

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Applying blue ribbons. Masking and painting rather than decaling. Don't rally like how the the rib over the windows turned out.

 

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Rudder was missing. Built a new one 


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Most of small parts are hugely overscaled. Scratch built the mast, although it is looking better than the stock one it is still too large for the scale 


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Applying decals. It is going to be Raketa-185 mid 80-ies. 


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It is never a good idea to leave masks for many years. In this case it left a lot of glue residue that was quite hard to get rid of


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Sometimes I give up on a model rather than finish it. It does not mean that I put it to a bin, it means that I'm saying to myself "enough, it is not worth continuing" and just put it to the farthest corner of a display cabinet. 
This is the case, I am not happy with the outcome but I do not have intention to have the known issues fixed - it will take too much effort. 

The biggest mistake was to leave the windows masked. Masks stayed for 7 or 8 years. I should have removed the masks, clear the windows from glue, sand, polish, remask, repaint. Instead I took off the masks with the decals and many smaller details already on. I simply don't have steam to redo.

Neither I am not happy with the blue strips, same thing - no steam to fix.


So yeah, this is finished / abandoned

 

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For the scale 


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From where I'm sitting, this really does look very good. The problems you describe as not obvious in the photos you have posted & the overall effect is that of a well done & very interesting looking craft. 👍 

Steve.

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Even if you may not be fully satisfied yourself, you have still made a very good looking model! I really like it, very well done.

I just went through my own kit again, and it makes me appreciate your work on the basic parts and the extra detail even more. 👍

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For anyone wanting to scratch build a Polish version of the hydrofoil, check out the Internet Archive, Modelarz 12 1965, pages 13 and 14.

I have jpg's of the plans but I'm not sure how to post images?

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